Plant diversity and ecosystem productivity: Theoretical considerations

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1857-1861

  Tilman, David ^a   Lehman, Clarence L ^a   Thomson, Kendall T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

biodiversity; nutrient use; resource competition; retention; soil fertility

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPETITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0031041541     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.5.1857     Document Type: Article

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